Iran Press /Iran news: Iran's Communication and Information Technology Minister (ICT) Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi on Saturday noted: "Last night, the Iranian satellites passed their tests successfully. One of the new satellites has a resolution of just 40m."
Azari Jahromi wrote on his twitter page: "A satellite was due to be built through international cooperation 10 years ago, but they didn't cooperate with Iran, and now, Iranian experts have manufactured a satellite with a resolution 25 times better, and the satellite serves agriculture, environment, and water management sectors.
Iran is one of 9 industrialized countries with the technological know-how to build satellites, besides the US, Russia, various European countries and Canada.
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Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari announced last month that Iranian experts had built several new satellites and they would be launched into the orbit soon.
"We hope that satellite 'Zafar' will be ready by the end of Iranian year (20 March 2019) and we will pursue its launch next year," Barari told Fars News Agency.
He added: "Satellite Dousti, developed by Sharif University of Technology, had gone through the process of compatibility with the launcher and was given launch permission, while satellite Payam, built by Amir Kabir University, and Nahid communication satellite were under the compatibility process and would be launched into orbit after receiving necessary permissions."
Barari announced in November 2018 that 'Sharif University of Technology's Dousti satellite', the remote sensing satellite of 'Amirkabir University' and a communication satellite named 'Nahid' are ready to launch.
He also said: "Building an Iranian telecommunication satellite within the next 7 years is atop the ISA's plans."
According to Barari, preliminary steps had already been taken by Iran to manufacture a telecommunication satellite by building Nahid 1 and Nahid 2 satellites.
Iran in February 2017 unveiled two new indigenous satellites of Nahid 1 and Amir Kabir as well as a space tug built for the first time in the country.
The three space crafts were unveiled in a ceremony participated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on the occasion of the Space Technology Day in Iran.
Nahid 1 is a telecommunication satellite built in the Iranian Space Research Center.
Payam-e Amir Kabir has been designed and built in Amir Kabir University of Technology and is capable of taking images with a precision better than 40 meters.
Meantime, Saman 1 space tug which has been manufactured for the first time in the country is used to transfer the satellites from Low Earth orbit (LEO) to higher-energy orbits.
Also, Head of Iran's National Space Center Manouchehr Manteqi announced in October that the country planned to cooperate with Russia in sending men into space for the first time.
Iran has previously sent Simorgh satellite and Pajouhesh explorer into orbit in recent years.
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